Vocab Lesson 21 & 22

Question 1

Meticulous

Answer 1

Very careful about details, fussy

Question 2

mitigate

Answer 2

to make or to become milder or less severe, to moderate

Question 3

morose

Answer 3

gloomy, bad-tempered

Question 4

nomenclature

Answer 4

a systematic naming in an art or science

Question 5

nonchalance

Answer 5

carelessness, lack of interest or concern

Question 6

obliterate

Answer 6

to blot out leaving no traces, to destroy

Question 7

obscure

Answer 7

not clear or distinct, hidden, remote, not well known

Question 8

obsolete

Answer 8

out-of-date

Question 9

officious

Answer 9

meddling, giving unnecessary or unwanted advice or services

Question 10

opportunist

Answer 10

one who takes advantage of any opportunity without regard for moral principles

Question 11

opulent

Answer 11

wealthy, abundant

Question 12

overt

Answer 12

not hidden, open

Question 13

painstaking

Answer 13

very careful, diligent

Question 14

pariah

Answer 14

an outcast

Question 15

parsimonious

Answer 15

too thrifty, stingy

Question 16

partisan

Answer 16

showing a strong support for a party or cause, characteristic or a guerilla fighter

Question 17

paucity

Answer 17

scarcity, smallness in number or amount

Question 18

peerless

Answer 18

having no equal, better than the rest

Question 19

perceptive

Answer 19

discerning, observant, sensitive

Question 20

perfidy

Answer 20

treachery, betrayal of trust